Medal of Valour in Combat
# Medal of Valour in Combat

Argentine Nation to the Valour in Combat Medal (Spanish: Medalla "La Nación Argentina al Valor en Combate") is the second highest military decoration given by the President of Argentina.

The decoration consists of a bronze circular medal bearing the Coat of arms of Argentina surrounded by the legends "La Nación Argentina" (top) and "al Valor en Combate" (bottom), suspended from a chest ribbon of equal light blue-white-light blue stripes.

Recipients of the Medal for service during the 1982 Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur) are listed below.

## Posthumous

### Argentine Army

13 decorated members

* First Lieutenant Ruben Eduardo Marquez 602 Commando Company
* First Lieutenant Roberto Mario Fiorito 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
* First Lieutenant Juan Carlos Buschiazo 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
* Sub-Lieutenant Juan Domingo Baldini 7th Infantry Regiment
* Sub-Lieutenant Oscar Augusto Silva 4th Infantry Regiment
* First Sergeant Oscar Humberto Blas 602 Commando Company
* Sergeant Sergio Ismael García 25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
* Sergeant Raúl Dimotta 601 Combat Aviation Battalion
* First Corporal Dario Rolando Ríos 7th Infantry Regiment
* Corporal Mario Rodolfo Castro 25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
* Private 63 Class Fabricio Edgar Carrascull 25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
* Private 63 Class Roque Evaristo Sanchez 12th Regiment
* Private 63 Class Avelino Nestor Oscar Pegoraro 12th Regiment

### Argentine Air Force

* Comodore Gustavo Enrique Aguirre Faget
* Vice Comodore Jorge Nelson Barrionuevo
* Major Jose Ernesto Basilio
* Captain Jose Leonidas Ardiles
* Captain Jorge Humberto Bacchiddu
* First Lieutenant Juan Jose Arraras (A4 Skyhawk Pilot)
* Suboficial Mayor Guillermo Mario Aguirre
* Suboficial Mayor Jose Antonio Alvarez
* Suboficial Mayor Mario Nestor Amengual
* Suboficial Principal Manuel Alberto Albelos
* Suboficial Principal Oscar Antonio Ardizzoni
* Suboficial Principal Pedro Cesar Bazan
* Suboficial Auxiliar Roberto Osvaldo Alonso
* Cabo Hector Walter Aguirre

## During Lifetime

### Argentine Army

40 decorated members

* Lieutenant Colonel CARLOS ALBERTO QUEVEDO GA Aerot 4
* Major OSCAR RAMON JAIMET Rl Mec 6
* Major MARIO LUIS CASTAGNETO 601 Commando Company
* Major GUILLERMO RUBEN BERAZAY Rl Mec 3
* Captain RODRIGO ALEJANDRO SOLOAGA Esc ExpI C Bl 10
* Captain JORGE RODOLFO SVENDSEN 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
* First Lieutenant JORGE AGUSTIN ECHEVERRIA
* First Lieutenant CARLOS DANIEL ESTEBAN 25th Infantry Regiment
* First Lieutenant HORACIO FERNANDO LAURIA
* First Lieutenant JULIO CESAR NAVONE GA 3
* First Lieutenant CARLOS ALBERTO CHANAMPA GA Aerot 4
* First Lieutenant HUGO ALBERTO PEREZ COMETO 601 Combat Aviation Battalion
* First Lieutenant ALEJANDO ESTEBAN VILLAGRA
* First Lieutenant EDUARDO ERNESTO LOPEZ LEGUIZAMON
* Lieutenant RAMON GALINDEZ MATIENZO Rl Mec 7
* Lieutenant RAUL CASTAÑEDA Rl Mec 7
* Sub-Lieutenant OSCAR ROBERTO REYES RI 25
* Sub-Lieutenant ERNESTO PELUFFO RI 12
* Sub-Lieutenant MARCELO ALBERTO LLAMBIAS PRAVAZ RI 4
* First Sergeant JUAN CARLOS COHELO RI 12
* First Sergeant JOSE RIVAS
* First Sergeant ROLANDO SPIZUOCCO RI Mec 7
* Sergeant JOSE MARIA GONZALEZ FERNANDEZ
* Sergeant MIGUEL ALFREDO MORENO
* First Corporal MANUEL ADAN MEDINA Rl Mec 7
* First Corporal LUIS DORO
* First Corporal VICENTE BACA
* First Corporal EDUARDO ANIBAL RAMON CRAVERO
* First Corporal MARTIN HECTOR SAN MIGUEL
* Corporal HUGO OSMAR GODOY
* Corporal MARIO MARVIL PACHECO
* Corporal GENARO BORDON
* Private 62 class LUCIANO OSCAR PINTOS RI Mec 12
* Private 62 class OSCAR WULDRICH
* Private 62 class EDUARDO GONZALEZ RI 4
* Private 62 class PEDRO CELESTINO ARRUA
* Private 62 class HECTOR OMAR REINALDI
* Private 62 class PEDRO RAMON SAUCEDO
* Private 62 class RODOLFO SULIN
* Private LEONARDO RONDI RI Mec 6

### Argentine Navy

6 decorated members

* Capitán de Fragata CARLOS HUGO ROBACIO 5th Marine Infantry Battalion
* Capitán de Corbeta ALOIS ESTEBAN PAYAROLA
* Teniente de Fragata DIEGO GARCIA QUIROGA (Agrupación de Buzos Tácticos)
* Cabo Principal FRANCISCO SOLANO PAEZ
* Cabo Segundo ERNESTO URBINA Agrupación de Buzos Tácticos
* Soldado Conscripto ROMUALDO BAZAN
